New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23

NOTES ON Gu RtEN / ARI.
NEW WORK OF PAINTERS AND SCULPrORS.
Preparations for the autumn exhibitions at the Acl-
emy aud American Art Galleries have already begun,
but the latest reports Of The ssmagund club are that
this society has grown weary OF q pomp and ceremony
OF formal annual exhibitions. There Is to he no regular
samagundi exhibition this autumn, so it Is SAID ana the
back.and-white men. instead of dress parade Win
little profit and much vexation of spirit propose to
return to the comforting flesh pots of their Bohemian
DAYS IL il strange that society composed OF Illus
traitors should fall OF the ranks OF the regular eAD-
itors at a time when amount Of illustrative WORK III
being done which has never been approached. Inc
reasons gwen understood to be the trouble of
exhibitions and the small number Of sales. The club
Will preserve its organization and the present plal is to
secure a loft or upper floor and hold informal monthly
meetings which drawings wild be exhibited Thus the
salmaundi will revert to FIRST principles ana become
purely social sketch club not unlike it, smaller brethren
the KitKat and Carbonar and other sketch clubs when
appear and disappear from time to time. All TINS was
pleasant enough two years ago when the Salmasumi
Club consisted OF hardly dozen young artists who met
for sletchins criticism and refreshments " IN an mp
town loft bit this means dropping ont OF public notice
10 say nothing the loss OF the stimulus Afforded by
annual exhibitions. IL was hoped that the Salmasih'u
exhibition had become 4 p,rmhneHIy anu now mn
American work in black ant white has assumed sucn
Importance. this exhibition should have grown INTO an
ambition, and thorough representation OF tle WORK D,
American Illustrators lne'e eNh4"n' nave n'' pen
all thcy might have been made but their close Will
be Witnessed with regret
The autumn exhibition al the American Art Galleries
will contain several salon pictures OF tie imposing
dimensions so much Affected by Frauco-Amcrcan paint
ings Among the number VIII DE Washed Ashore ny
C. : Renhart picture about eleven feet 10y eight the
Return OF the Herd" by ". II. Howe twelve iert by
eight sur Ia Tamsc" and Widowed" by Eugene
Vail, aud Moonrisc." ny H. Il. Butler There may
also be important paintings by Messrs. C. H. Davis,
MclcAer-. Walter Gay and Alexander Harrison The
autumn exhibition will consist Of American paintings
Wn S Mes rycCic r bs 6r"m rolled up and stored in
and near this city for me lat * years. lhe mc'g ,
one reason another never exhibited nor even Trained
II. The subject l. Diana's Hunting Party WIN tne
familiar transformation "t Actr'h' nlu III, NM
includes fourteen figures. The canvas - twenty mne
feet - Inches 3ns ana th'lt,'h are' -m fir ne
Ike th'-c iiUst Nlstpuri-' h'l,V. - ''', - q, SEA
coniecurcI the picture IL exhibited with we" 10 l's
sale.
This appears to he a Of uncommon activity for
scuptors Mr. ~ Gaudcnss statue OF Lincoln was put
in place In Chicago last week, and HIS statue ~ Inc
Puritan should ny this time have reached it, deSl-
ton in springfield. Mass Mr. Warner has been engaged
upon figures forming part OF an elaborate fountain
designed for Portland Oregon. Mr.. Wards Latest
commission is for the Boocher statue for brooklyn
The unyci!ug of the Meade statue IN Philadelphia mas
been recent, noted Mr. O'Douoyans statue oiWashng-
tom the head taken from the oudon life mask, is now
at Newburs. where i, is 70 be placed underneath the
arch of the Monument In Cincinnati 4 commission for
an eluc.rian statue ~ President Harrison has been
given to Mr. Louis Rcbsso an instructor in the GIN
cnnau school OF Fine Arts bronze statue OF DR.
Josiah Bartlett gncr OF the Declaration OF indie
pemdeuce and the first Governor OF New Hampshire Is
10 he presented to the town ~ Amesbury Mass. by
descendant Mr.. II. L. BrnEhurst who has beeh al III
sructor the 81 Louis school ~ Fine Arts has recent
ly finished statue OF General Grant Tor thai eliy by
next summer monument 10 tispls AttuIhs ana te
massacre Of i77o viii he ready for dedication in
city. The main features Will be pillar WIN nsurc OK
III fran he
be reproduced on a small scale In monument 20 ne
erected by Adolf -uto In san Francisco The pedestal
Will be twenty feet In height, the figure, eighteen ana
there will he "A PROSTATE male figure representing
Despotlsm At the feet oI the Liberty
The erection OF statues OF Washington. Franklin.
Rittcnhosc and Logan In public squares bearing their
names /, zealousy advocated in Philadelphia Mr.
BOYLE who has contributed 10 the public statuary OF
that city, has modelled another Indian group which may
be exhibited in NcwYork The Boston Post states hat
Mr. John Donoghuo has compctcdln the clay thestaue
OF John l. sullivan that he has been at work upon for
several months The figure Is In rcpose and III this
resnec "a in striking contrast with the same sculpors
Young sophocles'" The Post APPLY says The statue
has been named by the sculptor The Boxer but we
are inclined think that espitc that purpose OF dea
cation. most people will insist upon IecognnS vs.
purely aud simply statue OF the notorious pLii@o
hxhtcr In this light II may be well questioned wlctnrt'
however admirable the WORK nay We t p, "s atue rho
IL worth while 10 do A. portaie st"t.1 'no
work cannot fail to commemorate the career OF the IN
d idual rather than 10 STAND az TYPO anu Nt SIV"io
Concern itself with something hetlcr than attempting W
immortaihc IA brutal prize lighter
Many newspaper reports Of the unveing OF statues
suggest the question whether the sculptor is ms i'm
portant parsonage the bronze founder The atters
name apt to obtain prominent mention for Obvious
reasons while the lame the sculptor cannot be found
even ia the list of distinguished visitors There are
scuptors and soul ptresses who seek notoricty by
means behttng vendors of patent medicines. but this
prising" bronze founder The casting or statues Is
Interesting industry and the manufacture or
artists is also interesting. but Is not yet usual
TO mention the manufacturers name In describing
picture and TO Ignore the artist
architect in tho competition for House OF Parliament
in Bucnos Ayres upon which the Argentine Republic
proposes to spend not less than 40 900 900 francs The
architect whose plan chosen will receive premium OF
200, 900 francs The Courier dc EArt. which makes
this announcement, states that the legations OF tho
Argentine Republic In Europe will furnish detailed In
formation regarding the competition
The Art Age which has lately published pho ogravurcs
of charcoal drawing by Mr. c. T. Sears tching by
Miss Blanche Dillaye and paintings by Messrs Grant
and Brush promises facsimile OF water color by Mr..
Percy Moran with the November number and wood
engraving by Mr. Elbrdge Kingsley with tho issue for
December. The wood engraving will DO after land
scape entitled silence" painted by the late W. b.
Baker and especial attention Is called TO it, size, which
will be fourteen and Onchaf by ten inches The
an etching by Mr.. Hamilton Hamilton after painting.
~ (,licln f hal af.l hv Mr. In